Zondag 21 Juli 2013

This legendary band was formed in the late 1960's by guitarist Mamady "Djelike" Kouyate and singer Emile Soumah. They made some of the most beloved music of their generation. Now based in New York, Mamady Kouyate has decided to revive The Ambassadors. Every Wednesday night.

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Beeldhouwer en kunstenaar Josiah Onodome Onemu (1945) is afkomstig uit Nigeria. Hij woont en werkt al tientallen jaren in Nederland. Deze expositie toont een overzicht van zijn brede oeuvre, waarvan een deel in beheer is van het Afrika Museum en een deel bestaat uit de privé-collectie van de kunstenaar. Vruchtbaarheid, het samenspel van tegendelen, lijden en wanhoop, hoop en beloftes, verandering en afscheid – de grote thema’s van het leven worden in het werk van Josiah Onemu nu eens sober, tot de essentie gereduceerd, dan weer verhalend in beeld gebracht. Hoe verschillend de uitwerking ook kan zijn, het onderwerp heeft altijd betrekking op mens en maatschappij.

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First major exhibition to examine the conceptually complex and visually rich relationship between African artists and the land upon which they live, walk, and frame their days. Approximately 100 artworks are on view in five thematic sections. For the first time, five artists create land-art installations in the Smithsonian gardens. Drawing upon a rich literature related to Earth shrines and religious organizations, this exhibition also contributes new and ground-breaking research on contemporary earthworks in Africa.

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El Salahi’s body of work is not bound within one style nor is it constrained by the early parameters of Sudanese aesthetic practices. His paintings combine a critical understanding of western art principles with references to Sudanese and Islamic art forms; his trademark linear style remains a preeminent unifying device expressing the intuitive merging of Islamic spirituality with critical social consciousness.

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While Jane Alexander’s figures are, in many ways, emblems of monstrosity, they are oddly beautiful. Her creatures expose the human animal for all it is and all it could become. Though clearly concerned with social issues, Alexander’s sculptural installations and photographs do not judge, nor do they convey a particular political or moral standpoint.

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The Land Act of 1913, and associated legislation that was to follow during the apartheid period, had a devastating effect on the country and on the lives of millions of black South Africans. This photographic exhibition gives visitors the opportunity to follow a century-long journey into the history of the land, into land struggles, forced labour and child labour, removals, and last ditch stands. Historical photographic material gleaned from archives is exhibited alongside modern and contemporary work in new ways to explore the romance with and realities of the land, both in the past and the present.

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Hillie de Rooij stelt zich de vraag hoe stereotiep en clichématig ons beeld van Afrika is, en hoe dit beeld tot stand komt. Ze onderzocht hoe Afrika verbeeld wordt in het westen en gebruikte dit onderzoek om Afrika opnieuw te construeren in het project Myopia. Het werk van De Rooij laat ons nadenken over representatie en confronteert on met onze eigen blik. Onderdeel van Digging Till The Sun Goes Down - eindexamenexpositie van vijf fotografiestudenten van AKV | St. Joost.

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In de derde editie van de inmiddels befaamde tweejaarlijkse beeldenroute in Amsterdam-Zuid spelen Afrikaanse kunstenaars een grote rol:  Kader Attia (Algerije), Romuald Hazoumè en Dominique Zinkpe (Benin), Mickaël Bethe-Selassié (Ethiopië), Kofi Setordji, El Anatsui en Atta Kwami (Ghana), Jems Robert Koko Bi (Ivoorkust), Pascale Marthine Tayou (Kameroen), Abdoulaye Konaté (Mali), Sokari Douglas Camp (Nigeria), Oumou Sy (Senegal)

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Laetitia Zonzambé uses her gifted and colourful voice to express universal human emotions. Born in Bangui, the capital and the largest city in the Central African Republic, Laetitia experienced deeply how the world can be at the same time very open, a place where a common humanity is shared, and also very closed – when borders, ideas and bad behaviors hurt people. Formed in West African refugee camps, the Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars have risen like a phoenix out of the ashes of war and enflamed the passions of fans across the globe with their uplifting songs of hope, faith and joy. The band is a potent example of the redeeming power of music and the ability of the human spirit to persevere through unimaginable hardship and emerge with optimism intact.

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Rijke, allegorische zwart-witfilm over het moderne Portugal en zijn koloniale verleden, vernoemd naar de gelijknamige zwijgende film van F.W. Murnau uit 1931. Over de onmogelijke liefde tussen de getrouwde Aurora en avonturier Ventura in het Mozambique van begin jaren zestig. Voorafgegaan door de laatste dagen van de oude Aurora in het tegenwoordige Lissabon.

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Durban once more will be illuminated by the glow of the silver screen, with over 250 screenings in 11 venues across the city. Alongside this smorgasbord of the best of contemporary cinema from around, comprising 72 feature films, 48 documentaries and 45 short films, the festival offers a comprehensive workshop and seminar programme that facilitates the sharing of knowledge and skills by film industry experts.

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Beklemmende psychologische thriller van de makers van Jagten, Submarino en Borgen. Het Deense vrachtschip MV Rozen koerst richting de haven als het wordt gekaapt door Somalische piraten, met aan boord onder andere scheepskok Mikkel en boordwerktuigkundige Jan. Ze worden gevangen gezet en betrokken in een cynisch spel op leven en dood. De miljoeneneis aan losgeld is de start van dramatische en psychologische onderhandelingen tussen de directeur van de rederij en de Somalische piraten.

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Tijdens de Zomerkaravaan komt het Buitenmuseum tot leven. Kinderen én (groot)ouders gaan op reis naar Ghana, ontmoeten Baba de verhalenverteller, schilderen Afrikaanse symbolen en leren Afrikaanse ritmes spelen. Iedere week staat één van deze thema’s centraal. De Zomerkaravaan is onderdeel van het zomerprogramma (29 juni t/m 1 september) met dagelijks activiteiten.

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Het is stoffig en hectisch in de Marokkaanse sloppenwijk Sidi Moumen, waar broers Yachine en Hamid opgroeien in een wereld van drugs en criminaliteit. IJzingwekkende film, waarin een kansarme gemeenschap broedplaats wordt van islamitisch fundamentalisme en extremisme. Ayouch baseerde de film op de terreuraanslagen van 16 mei 2003 in Casablanca. Regie: Nabil Ayouch. Jaar: 2012.

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Johannesburg is a megapolis with a population of more than 6 million. It is heterogeneous, composed of trendy areas, residential neighborhoods, townships… A productive artistic community has developed there, with a number of photographers as well as painters, sculptors, performing artists and video-artists. This exhibition looks at the art scene in a city where history has been on the march since the abolition of apartheid and the first democratic elections in 1994.

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Comprising a series of sculptures, two-dimensional works and an installation, the exhibition explores the artist's sensory engagement with natural phenomena - light, shadow, form and gravity. Edmunds explores these ideas in his signature techniques of cut-out, geometric patterns, weaving and linocut, and revisits familiar objects such as weathered stones and skateboard wheels.

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Group exhibition of photographic works by ten Nigerian artists who are among a new generation of African photographers that explore unique visions, strong emotional and aesthetic perspectives to tell their own stories and challenge assumptions about the African continent. Each of the artists is widely traveled and well exposed to Western art modernism both by training and contact. Each represents a resonant voice, one that achieves it's own distinction and clarity amidst changing realities.

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Tijdens de zomerse muziekzondagen die plaatsvinden tussen 7 juli en 18 augustus treden Afrikaanse muzikanten en bands op in het Buitenmuseum. Van Ghanese kologo ritmes tot Malinese jazz, bands met steltlopers en zelfs vuurspuwers. Het bijwonen van de optredens is gratis, u betaalt alleen de museumentree.

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The Benin artist Meschac Gaba first conceived the Museum of Contemporary African Art during his 1996–7 residency at the Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten in Amsterdam. He describes finding ‘another reality’ when visiting museums in Europe, a reality in which he could not imagine how the art he wanted to create could be integrated: ‘I needed a space for my work, because this did not exist.’

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Roger Ballen (b. 1950) has been shooting black-and-white film for nearly a half-century. A New York native, he has lived in South Africa for more than thirty years. Ballen's photographs of rural Afrikaners in their homes and urban-based "outsiders" in windowless rooms quickly became distinguished for their interior arrangements and the events that transpired among the people, animals, and furnishings within. Ballen's interest in line-whether of coat hangers, electric wire, or marks made on walls-has been constant.

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